he didn't know we were spying on angela merkel. this is what's coming out of the white house. and i have to disagree, respectfully, with the reverend. this has been a consistent critique from the left and the white. during the syria crisis three months ago, it was maureen dowd, it was dana millbank from the washington post who called the president a bystander. so this is nothing new. it's been fairly consistent and it has emerged because of his consistent governing style of creating this plausible deniability when thinking going wrong. and that's because this president, more than anyone in modern history has an aversion to modern history. >> it's just basic management practice when you have a massive screw up like obama care, why doesn't he fire anybody for these mistakes? >> i can't speak for the president. i think decency would say that after a massive screw up on signature legislation, that the person ought to have the grace themselves to resign. >> i agree with that completely. >> having said that, you or on i might fire that person or create a climate -- you see, the real